Arsenal showed an excellent performance against Manchester City last Sunday, finishing with a 2-2 draw. Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez found the net for The Gunners. Now Arsene Wenger’s players have the opportunity to be runners up in The Premier League if they take the three points against The Villains.

On the other hand, Aston Villa finally won a point. They finished with a 0-0 draw against Newcastle United and almost sent The Magpies into The Championship. With this result they put an end to a run of 11 consecutive defeats in The Premier League. However, the last time Aston Villa recorded a victory was on 6th February when they beat Norwich 2-0 at Villa Park.

Arsenal have lost against Aston Villa at home on 23 occasions in 88 games. But The Gunners have recorded 5 consecutive victories against The Lions. Arsenal haven’t conceded a goal in their last 4 matches against Aston Villa, bagging 14 goals in the Villains net. Olivier Giroud has scored 5 goals in the last 6 matches between these two teams. So, the Frenchman will be the biggest threat to Aston Villa’s defence.

Team News

Per Mertesacker has a hamstring problem, so the defender is going to miss the last match of the campaign for The Gunners. He has made 24 appearances in The Premier League this season.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is the other injured player in Arsenal’s squad. The Englishman is going to recover from his injury in July.

Rudy Gestede is suffering from a groin strain, so he will be sidelined. The forward has scored 5 goals for Aston Villa in 32 matches.

Veretout, Kieran Richardson and Jordan Amavi are also injured for The Villains. Richardson is suffering from a calf muscle strain and will miss the match against Arsenal.